Julie’s Bicycle

Julie’s Bicycle is a leading global charity bridging the gap between environmental sustainability and the creative industries and supporting the creative sector to act on climate change.

We work in partnership with Julie’s Bicycle to help our National Portfolio Organisations and Major Partner Museums reduce their carbon footprint and embed environmental sustainability into their work.

Sustainability goes hand in hand with resilience; it’s environmentally responsible and it makes economic as well as social sense Darren Henley, Chief Executive, Arts Council England

The Arts Council's environmental programme is helping us all to understand the cultural dimensions of climate change; the sector's response is evidence of culture as a driver for climate action Alison Tickell, Founder and CEO, Julie's Bicycle.

Read the 2015/16 report on the programme:

Julie’s Bicycle supports arts and cultural organisations to take and inspire action on climate change by becoming more environmentally sustainable.

Julie’s Bicycle provides the creative community with the skills to act, using their creativity to influence one another, audiences and the wider movement. They run a rich programme of events, free resources and public speaking engagements, which contribute to national and international climate change policy development.

Environmental policy and action plan gudelines

Julie's Bicycle has developed guidelines to help you develop your own environmental policy and provided examples to see what a policy should look like in practice. Read the guidelines here.

Fit for the Future guide

A guide for directors and managers of arts organisations developing capital projects. Find the guide here.

Communicating Sustainability guide

A guide designed to support communications professionals and ‘green’ champions to communicate environmental activities and achievements effectively to a diverse range of stakeholders. Read it here.

Funding Watch

This free resource allows you to browse funding sources for capital investment projects, energy efficiency and renewable energy installations, and other sustainable construction, refurbishment, or refits. Find out more here.

For more free resources to support your environmental action, from production and touring to sustainable procurement and buying green electricity, visit the Julie’s Bicycle website.

The free Creative IG Tools are used by more than 2,000 arts and cultural organisations worldwide. Join your peers in measuring and acting on your environmental impacts. Using the IG Tools will help you identify priorities for action, compare your performance to relevant sector benchmarks, evidence and celebrate your improvements over time.

Julie’s Bicycle is highly engaged with the sector nationally and internationally, frequently hosting events and speaking at conferences, and sharing best practice through case studies and our social media content.

Visit their website for the latest news, case studies from the sector, blog posts and free events.